Rocks and minerals are vital for unlocking the mysteries of life’s origin and for guiding the search for life...
Space Travel: the next step?
ianmiller, Ian Miller, launch loop, lightcraft, magnetohydrodynamic plasma thrust, Mars, mass driver, Moon, space elevator, space settlement, Space travel, star tram, 0To go or not to go; that is the question. Me, I vote yes, but since we cannot go...
What do we know? Recent planetary exploration brings a flurry of results:
ianmiller, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Ceres, Ceres' white spots, Jupiter family, Kepler 245b, Pluto, SETI, 0The last few months have been remarkable for planetary exploration. We have found a planet about twice the size...
@SETI Talks: Professor Kathleen Campbell
Kathleen Campbell, Earth, extreme environments, International Participation, life, life in extreme environments, life origins, Mars, New Zealand, SETI, 0"ET life would simply be ... logical..."
Oldest Life on Earth
Kathleen Campbell, astrobiology, Australia, International Participation, Pilbara, stromatolites, 0This is why I came so far. To see some of the oldest rocks on Earth, preserved within an...
30th of June was chosen to mark the anniversary of the 1908 Siberian Tunguska event. On June 30, 1908, an...
In 2013, I had the great opportunity to interview the Chief Science Advisor of SOFIA, Erick Becklin whilst...
2 NZAI posters at AbSciCon 2015, and how to watch the conference live!
I Haritina Mogoșanu, AbSciCon, International Participation, posters, 0Two of two submitted posters for AbSciCon 2015 are at the conference! These are the SBNZ 2015 poster and SBNZ 2015 Education...
No Life Under Ice at Europa?
ianmiller, biogenesis, Europa, Jovian system, nucleic acid formation, RNA, 0There has been much speculation that there may be life in oceans of water under the ice layer of...
NASA planetary scientists come to New Zealand to engage with teachers and students in our own backyard
I Haritina Mogoșanu, media, New Zealand, Press Release, 0New Zealand teachers will join a NASA Astrobiologists and New Zealand scientists in the North Island this January, 2015,...